John Smith wrote:

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Regards,
JS

This BS is ALL the way through this paper of his ... reading and
re-reading this paper is going to give me little sleep this night.

Take this on baluns:

"Next, he puts a 1:1 ferrite- core transformer-type balun up at the
feedpoint of the antenna. What happens? His swr comes down to 1.5:1 at
the band edges. Boy, that balun really solved the problem.
Right?.....WRONG! In this case, if his rig would load up (or if he used
a transmatch) he would be much better off without a balun."

YES, that balun did solve his problem! Now the feedline is not the
major element in his antenna, and giving God knows what radiation pattern!

AND, in NO case would "he" be better off without a balun (well, unless
"he" had designed the feedline to be part of "his" antenna. Or, the
antenna was "perfect" and would always remain in that state,
theoretically ... )

I mean this ALL just galls me ... and then new guys coming along read
this crap, take it as "the holy word" since it has "arrl" attached to
it, and it ALL begins again ... ALL over.

Regards,
JS